Oryx ok, but Crake?

Gene mentioned the book Oryx and Crake, which I haven't gotten yet. Oddly
enough though, I was wasting a little time Labor Day channel surfing while I
grabbed a sandwich. I came across a show on which Jack Hanna was showing a
live Oryx, extinct in the wild and only 200 bred and living in captivity. I've
been enlightened! Anyone know what a Crake is?
Kitty
> Agree completely, Maddy! Unfortunately, some MDs/DOs cater to patient's
> expectations of a prescription for everything rather than taking the
> time to explain what you just did. The other contributor to antibiotic
> resistance is stopping appropriately prescribed antibiotics too soon -
> you feel better, so you fail to complete the full course of treatment.
> Cathy
>
> > Antibiotics for a virus? I cannot believe there are still doctors
> > prescribing
> > this way. The funny thing is, people will recover from viruses in
> > spite of
> > (not because of) taking antibiotics, and then when they start to get
> > better,
> > they think the drugs were curing them. Overuse of antibiotics is one
> > of the
> > reasons for the development of so many antibiotic resistant strains of
> > bacteria,
> > which are becoming more and more difficult to treat when they no longer
> > respond
> > to the drugs that used to wipe them out. In any case, a good friend of
> > mine in
> > Colorado told me that a few weeks ago he was very sick what he thought
> > was a
> > flu type thing, and his doctor did a blood draw to see what was going
> > on.
> > Turned out to be West Nile Virus- no antibiotics prescribed, and he
> > recovered
> > after several weeks of debilitating illness. There was even an article
> > in the
> > Journal of the American Medical Association recently, stating that
> > even in
> > most
> > cases of bronchitis, antibiotics are not only useless, but can actually
> > prolong
> > recovery time.
> >
> > OK, climbing down off my soap box. I am sorry for my rant, and I hope I
> > haven't offended anyone, but the irresponsible use of antibiotics is
> > one of my
> > pet
> > peeves. I do hope all of you suffering from whatever viruses are going
> > around
> > make a speedy recovery.
> >
> > Maddy Mason
> > Hudson Valley, NY zone 5/6
> >
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